飽き飽き

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
飽々
飽飽
厭き厭き
厭々
厭厭

Etymology

Reduplication of 飽き (aki).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きあ [àkíáꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠kʲia̠kʲi]

Verb

()()する • (akiaki suru) intransitive suru (stem ()() (akiaki shi), past ()()した (akiaki shita))

  1. to become tired of, to become sick of
    Synonym: うんざりする (unzari suru)
    • 1923, 芥川龍之介, あばばばば, 青空文庫:
      (こと)(たか)勘定台(かんぢやうだい)(うし)ろに仏頂面(ぶつちやうづら)(さら)した主人(しゆじん)()()きするほど見慣(みな)れてゐる。
      Koto ni takai kanjōdai no ushiro ni butchōzura o sarashita shujin wa akiaki suru hodo minarete iru.
      Especially the proprietor, who displayed his sullen face behind the tall cashier's desk—he had become accustomed to seeing him to the point of weariness.

Conjugation

Noun

()() • (akiaki) 

  1. tired of, sick of
    • 1937, 戸坂潤, 近衛内閣の常識性, 青空文庫:
      政治屋(せいじや)軍人(ぐんじん)例外(れいがい)ではない――ないどころではないのだ)に()きまわされることは、もう()()だという(かん)じである。
      Seijiya (gunjin mo reigai de wa nai――nai dokoro de wa nai no da) ni hikimawasareru koto wa, mō akiaki da to iu kanji de aru.
      It seems they are completely tired of being at the mercy of politicians (and of military personnel, who are not excluded—far from it).
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